mantua

Example Sentences

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The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

This is no time for wasting weeks with milliners and mantua makers.

From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Then shoes are buckled, stockings are gartered, and a black mantua placed gently round her shoulders.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

I laid out a part of your money in a made-up mantua and a petticoat of Rat de St. Maur, and for the hat,'twas the exact copy of the lovely Gunning's—Maria Coventry.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)